UT buyouts over past 10 years top $24 million

The $24 million total does not include buyouts for assistant coaching staffs.

Author:
WBIR

Published:
10:01 PM EDT May 2, 2018

Updated:
11:26 PM EDT May 2, 2018

In the past 10 years, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville has seen the termination or resignation of two athletic directors, four football or basketball coaches and two chancellors, and buyouts totaling more than $24 million.

While some of those buyouts have been paid off, UT will be paying former head football coach Butch Jones until 2021. Newly-fired Chancellor Beverly Davenport will receive 75 percent of her chancellor's salary for the next four years while she works as a faculty member in the College of Communication.

The $24 million total does not include buyouts for assistant coaching staffs.

Here's a recap of UT's buyouts over the past 10 years:

Former head football coach and current Athletic Director Phillip Fulmer got a $6 million buyout when he was fired in 2008, according to ESPN.

On Wednesday, the university announced the firing of Chancellor Beverly Davenport effective July 1. She will become a faculty member of the College of Communication & Information, and will earn $438,750 per year — 75 percent of her chancellor's salary — for the next four years. After four years, Davenport's salary will be adjusted to the average base salary of faculty members in the department.